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The Mermaid Hunter

2013-01-03T16:13:57-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
Adventure/Romance
Chapters: 5, Words: 7,264, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

Mermaids and humans have long dwelled together on the shores — the history of this cohabitation, however, has been a bloody one. Those who hunt and kill the treacherous mermaids - "mermaid hunters" - are revered as heros. But is there more to the mermaids than what the old tales tell?

warm

2010-03-22T00:53:40-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 178, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

Beautifully hatching, the laughs would flutter out to catch the color of the Sun on their warm wings.

silence

2010-03-11T21:53:33-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 182, Reviews: 0, In-Progress

And if I were to fall, would that great flower catch me in its ever-blooming silence?

rip van winkle

2010-03-04T23:14:46-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 391, Reviews: 2, In-Progress

and we're left with these yellowed laughs flecked with grains of sand

waffle

2010-01-27T20:17:22-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 134, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

My waffle was the most beautiful color this morning.

almost but not quite

2009-09-13T23:43:31-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 335, Reviews: 2, In-Progress

the feeling tight, rising, stretched like a nervous rubber-band Won’t go away.

inventory

2009-09-03T15:36:01-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Friendship
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 366, Reviews: 0, In-Progress

It’s like watching a stranger pull a magic trick: life happens in the blink of an eye. And no matter how hard you try to figure it out - play it forward, rewind, slow-motion - there’s no telling the how or the why.

Dry

2009-07-08T09:51:04-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 216, Reviews: 3, In-Progress

And again -- Nothing.

unattainable

2009-05-01T00:28:30-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Life
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 2, Words: 348, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

those snapshots of life you'll never grasp, but dream after anyways.

Bee

2009-03-14T23:25:04-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 89, Reviews: 2, In-Progress

This afternoon I saw a bee collide with a brick wall.

Popstar

2009-02-08T20:31:08-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 388, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

But didn’t you ever dream, too?

Lost in Summer

2008-05-20T21:37:26-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 264, Reviews: 7, In-Progress

And just like that, it was gone.

banana split reality

2008-05-20T21:34:02-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 138, Reviews: 4, In-Progress

still I sit in this technicolor puddle.

silver spoons

2008-01-09T21:52:27-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 188, Reviews: 2, In-Progress

Return to a blackandwhite morning, where silver spoons spell out the moon.

nonexistences

2007-10-21T18:20:15-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 306, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

and sometimes there’s no help wondering if we’re better left in this perfect realm of disillusions, or should we shatter and let reality bleed in?

wet firecrackers

2007-10-19T01:06:55-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 222, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

Everyone's at home, worn out, after these big explosions.

come back to where you belong

2007-09-11T20:58:46-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Spiritual
English, Rated: K
General/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 186, Reviews: 4, In-Progress

even when these footsteps are long gone.

Eve

2007-08-15T17:53:10-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 153, Reviews: 2, Complete

My heart springs up like a flaming weed. panic

Early Moon

2007-01-08T21:24:55-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 164, Reviews: 9, In-Progress

If the pool's so shallow, why am I still drowning?

7 jazz

2007-01-05T23:27:42-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 311, Reviews: 5, In-Progress

All I wanted.

Lights Out

2007-01-05T01:05:30-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 116, Reviews: 6, In-Progress

And it was kind of sweet, too, the way her lips were insincere.

Honey

2007-01-05T00:59:02-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
Romance/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 170, Reviews: 7, In-Progress

You, with the sweet rust smile.

Crow's Feet

2006-11-07T16:29:07-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Life
English, Rated: K+
General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 148, Reviews: 5, In-Progress

Growing in between the lichen looks and the cultivated smile, always there.

500 miles

2006-11-07T16:22:05-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 184, Reviews: 4, In-Progress

Clotted dreams: a green disappointment, indigo defeat.

When She Cries

2006-10-17T22:39:41-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General/Romance
Chapters: 10, Words: 7,975, Reviews: 34, Complete

It was a day in April when I found her.

Blue Secrets

2006-09-21T16:08:42-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Romance
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 474, Reviews: 4, Complete

Quietly, so he won't wake her. Careful, so she won't stir. Tomorrow morning, he won't be there anymore.

The Winter Rush

2006-08-04T22:30:17-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 151, Reviews: 6, Complete

Caught in the dream-catcher that you won't let go.

Caught

2006-07-23T18:24:09-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: T
General/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 97, Reviews: 5, Complete

The portrait of desperation.

Ghosting

2006-07-03T14:50:50-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 94, Reviews: 8, Complete

Falling down the lane.

Our Acoustic Scream

2006-06-14T18:31:58-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 209, Reviews: 5, Complete

Beyond the reach of common sense and good judgement.

Polyp

2006-06-14T18:24:31-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Family
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 205, Reviews: 6, Complete

We forget there are such things as heroes.

Dregs

2006-05-31T22:43:57-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 129, Reviews: 4, Complete

What's left over is you, the missing piece.

Strain

2006-05-01T21:36:46-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 342, Reviews: 5, Complete

Fantasy's too far away for us to reach, let's explode-

Recoil

2006-05-01T21:32:43-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 211, Reviews: 6, Complete

I see the ravenous look in your eyes, and I am afraid.

Purple Sweaters

2006-04-20T19:37:19-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 162, Reviews: 5, Complete

I love this wrecked scenery, and so do you.

I will pretend

2006-04-20T19:30:31-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Love
English, Rated: K+
General/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 124, Reviews: 7, Complete

and I hope you won't try to stop me.

Confessions of

2006-04-10T22:25:19-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 115, Reviews: 7, Complete

It's time to confess.

Freshly

2006-04-10T22:22:50-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 121, Reviews: 5, Complete

I saw the cool man today.

Shore

2006-04-03T20:34:37-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 368, Reviews: 3, Complete

You left me on the bottom to wake up all alone.

Thrift store

2006-03-22T19:29:02-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 215, Reviews: 5, Complete

My search is never-ending.

Greenhouse Effect

2006-03-17T17:42:56-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 112, Reviews: 8, Complete

My ears squeak in tune to verdant ruckus.

Automatic Flower

2006-03-10T19:54:54-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 76, Reviews: 10, Complete

This automatic flower runs on batteries.

Gazebo

2006-03-01T19:04:36-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 117, Reviews: 9, Complete

We are astronauts falling after silly things.

Martian

2006-02-28T21:07:43-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 67, Reviews: 6, Complete

Those craggy Martian raptors sure bite hard.

Paste

2006-02-27T22:33:15-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 88, Reviews: 8, Complete

Of brushing teeth and morning ritual.

Jam

2006-02-17T14:38:36-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Love
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 232, Reviews: 4, Complete

When the smiles have gone sour, we forget who we are.

Wall You In

2006-02-16T17:55:38-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Love
English, Rated: K+
General/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 73, Reviews: 4, Complete

Not knowing you're in prison is the best time of all.

Of Hands

2006-02-10T15:33:11-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 162, Reviews: 5, Complete

My brother's fingers are music.

Grace from the Raven

2006-01-27T15:34:19-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 614, Reviews: 4, Complete

The red is not blood if the death is not grace.

Pocahontas

2006-01-24T19:12:26-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 219, Reviews: 5, Complete

I fall back into the arms of an Indian princess. She tells me, "I told you so."

Nightfall

2005-12-29T22:16:35-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 279, Reviews: 5, Complete

I am the daugher of nightfall.

Odors Of

2005-12-13T21:42:01-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 154, Reviews: 5, Complete

Arouse the senses. It's time for you to smell the roses.

Awake, But Not Awaken

2005-12-08T22:14:40-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 838, Reviews: 2, Complete

Tonight is the night, I tell myself. I sleep with my eyes open.

The Window

2005-11-13T20:08:22-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 771, Reviews: 3, Complete

Accusation is the bitterest when you find that the fault was yours, after all.

Old Lines

2005-11-07T18:50:33-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 472, Reviews: 2, Complete

He wonders when change became obselete, but does not push the boundaries.

Gasoline

2005-10-28T15:59:42-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 92, Reviews: 5, Complete

She cries tears of flame.

Disentangle

2005-10-26T21:13:45-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: T
General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,110, Reviews: 1, Complete

All’s well that ends well, she thinks, and dies. The child inside stops dancing and dies, too, with a smile.

Hysteria

2005-10-14T18:17:29-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,074, Reviews: 4, Complete

On stormy nights, the house still screams without her.

Puddles

2005-10-13T23:26:44-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 33, Reviews: 14, Complete

When it rains, it doesn't just rain.

Sheets and Wings

2005-10-08T23:45:00-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 768, Reviews: 7, Complete

He was a lifetime too late.

Somewhere Only We Know

2005-10-08T23:06:31-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 421, Reviews: 5, Complete

It is peaceful here, where the memories lay dead and dying.

Masterpiece

2005-10-06T22:48:21-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 294, Reviews: 5, Complete

It came, and the earth rumbled with its great purring footsteps. The end was coming.

Mona Lisa Smile

2005-09-30T15:38:00-08:00

Author: elasticbobaturtle
General
English, Rated: K+
General/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 918, Reviews: 2, Complete

Realizing is all it takes to close the door.